“We’ve seen that Manchester City’s purchase of Melbourne Heart to create Melbourne City and we’ve got two strong teams in Melbourne and Sydney.

“Markets like Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide you’d have to contemplate. It’s certainly on the agenda.”

There have been calls to implement a second-division competition – or B-League – likes competitions around the world which have promotion and relegation.

But de Bohun says that option is not currently on the radar and not a priority.

“The AFC’s [Asian Football Confederation] concerns for an Australian second division they’re no longer real concerns,’’ he said.

“We’ve gone back to three Champions League spots in a very short period and that relationship [with AFC] is really on track. We’re committed to the 10 teams for the duration of the broadcast rights deal.

“There’s no doubt that stability and continuity have been a really important part of the success of the league of the last couple of years. It’s the first time we’ve had the same 10 teams for three seasons in a row so that’s positive.

“We’ll be going back to the table for broadcast rights before 2017 and part of that work is whether 10 teams is the right number or 12 teams is the right number or even more.”